Miguel Ángel Osorio Benítez, better known by his pseudonym, Porfirio Barba-Jacob, was a Colombian poet and writer. Born in Santa Rosa de Osos, Antioquia, to parents Antonio María Osorio and Pastora Benítez, he was raised up by his grandparents in Angostura. In 1895 he started a journey, first through Colombia, and after 1907 to Central America and the US, which ended in 1930 when he settled down in Mexico City. Wikipedia
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Ricardo Arenales ya est muerto, pero viril y enhiesto palpita en Churubusco ; Porfirio Barba Jacob, cuyas cenizas estn en Colombia, est presente, todava hoy, dicindonos sus versos. www.javeriana.edu.co/pensar/suvida.htm